Railway-chair and its fastening



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B. T. WHITE.

RAILWAY CHAIR AND ITS FASTENING.

No. 420,133. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REYNOLDS T. WHITE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY-CHAIR AND ITS FASTENING.

srncmcarron forming part of Letters Patent 1%. 420,133, dated January28,1890. Application filed October 7, 1889. Serial No 326,215- (Nomodeh) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REYNOLDS '1. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Chairs and theirFastenings, of which the following is a specification. 1

The object of my invention is to produce a chair for supporting T-railsand rails having a similar form of base; and my invention furtherconsists in the means of securing the rails to the chairs, ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents averticalcross-section of a rail and an end view of a chair and means of securingthe rail to the chair. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 representsa modified form of rail-chair and fastening. Fig. 4 is a side view ofsame.

A represents a rail of the form known as a T-rail, and A is a railhaving a diiferent form of tread or top, but having the same form ofbase.

B is a chair, preferably made of box form, as shown by dotted lines 0,Fig. 2, the bottom of the chair being open and the top closed to form abroad bearing for the rail to rest upon.

D is the base of the chair to rest upon a sleeper, and d are holes forbolster-spikes to secure the chair to same.

E is a bracket between the base of the chair and standard.

F F are projections on the sides of the chair, the widths at the lowerends of which are about the width of the base of the rail, andpreferably alittle narrower than the base of the rail at their upperpart.

G G are clamps, made of wrought metal, of suitable size, and havingtheir ends bent, as shown, so that they will fit over the lower edge ofprojections F on the chair and over the base of the rail A.

H are bolts of suitable size, that pass through the clamps G and chair Bfor securing the clamps to the rails A and chairs B.

In Figs. 3and a I show a wrought-iron clip on one side and a clamp G onthe other side, cast in one with the chair, said clamp being of suitableform to receive and retain the rail in its proper place. It will bereadily seen that a road-bed of this form of construction can be easilyand cheaply laid, and the rail will be held securely to the chair whenthe bolt H is screwed up tight on the clamps, the clamps being forced upon the projection F on the side of the chair and the web of the rail A,thus preventing the rail from working loose on the chair; and it willalso be seen that thisform of fastening will prevent the rail fromworking up and down or sidewise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A chair B,composed of a hollow standard closed at its upper end and having a baseD, and brackets E between the base and standards, and projections F onits sides, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of rail A and chair B, said chair having. projectionsF on its sides of or about the width of the base of the rail, and clampsfor securing the rail to the chair by a bolt, substantially as shown.

3. In railroad construction, the combination of rail A, chair B,projections F, clamps G, and bolt H, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

REYNOLDS T. WHITE.

Witnesses:

J. G. PENNYOUICK, JAMES NORRIS.

